thorn betydelse and definition

Exempel på thorn

• The plants here have thorns on their branches. 

• These thorns protect the plant’s very small green leaves. 

• After stomping through the weeds and thorns, we took our clothes off underneath the water tower and began making love in broad daylight.

• However, experiments in which crown of thorns larvae have been suspended in cages in various parts of the tropical ocean have not supported this idea.

• Care is taken to leave the thorns intact, and the thick end of the stalk is broken off.

• None of the studied plant species had spines or thorns.

• In this literature, it is rare to find some roses blooming amongst the thorns of negative case studies.

• The major defensive mechanisms of acacia are mechanical (thorns) or qualitative-defence chemicals (cyanogenic glucosides) that are apparently more effective against vertebrate than invertebrate herbivores.